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VASCULAR BUNDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vascular bundle mean? 

VASCULAR BUNDLE (noun)
  The noun VASCULAR BUNDLE has 1 sense:

1. a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloemplay

  Familiarity information: VASCULAR BUNDLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VASCULAR BUNDLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fibrovascular bundle; vascular bundle; vascular strand

Hypernyms ("vascular bundle" is a kind of...):

vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vascular bundle"):

nervure; vein (any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ)


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